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Concept

Longevity

Images

  • An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne.
  • John Graves, aged 102. Engraving by G. Vertue.
  • Amitāyus surrounded by forms of himself. Distemper on linen by a Tibetan painter.
  • The arts of Minerva reduce the power of Time to end life, but death from old age or from plague still exists. Engraving by G. Glover, 1639.
  • Francisci Baronis de Vervlamio ... Historia vitae et mortis / Cum annotatioinb. [sic] Barthol. Moseri. Nouiter in lucem data omnibus longioris vitæ cupidis, et secretioris philosophiæ ac medicinæ studiosis perutilis, litteratis deniq[ue] universis lectu iucunda.
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Catalogue

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    Florida corona que ad sanitatis hominum conseruationem ac longeuam vitam perducendam sunt pernecessaria continens / Ab Anthonio Gazio Parauino ... composita.

    Gazio, Antonio, 1449-1528. | Date: 1514, die .xvii. mensis Octobris
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    The code of health and longevity, or, Rules and principles for first, preserving health, second, prolonging life, and, third, curing and alleviating disease. With directions for appropriate diet and regimen / By Sir John Sinclair.

    Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835. | Date: 1829
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    Essai sur la santé et sur les moyens de prolonger la vie / Traduit de l'anglois de M. Cheyne par M.***.

    Cheyne, George, 1671 or 1672-1743 | Date: 1725
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    The prolongation of life : optimistic studies / by Élie Metchnikoff ; English translation edited by P. Chalmers Mitchell.

    Metchnikoff, Elie, 1845-1916. | Date: 1907
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    General remarks on the health of English manufacturers : and on the need which exists for the establishment of convalescents' retreats as subservient to the medical charities of our large towns / by John Roberton.

    | Date: 1831
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